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- From: comptec91025@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Ian Hobday)
- Subject: Re: VESA --> Defined (?) <--
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.003110.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>
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- References: <1992Dec16.021145.16205@julian.uwo.ca>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:31:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.021145.16205@julian.uwo.ca>,
- wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
-
- > It seems like the cutting edge of "standards" takes about 2 or 3 years
- > to become common place. I've seen a big increase in the use of the
- > term VESA within the last few months, and I thought I might quote from
- > the User's Guide for my Sigma Legend VGA user's guide (Sept. 1990)...
- >
- > "Because the Sigma Legend supports the VESA (Video Engineering Standards
- > Association) standard for BIOS interface in extended modes, drivers for
- > the VESA standard are also supported."
- >
- > Now unless the VESA standard includes elements of bus construction and
- > interface, it seems that VESA and "local bus video" are two different and
- > unrelated things. A VESA compatible video card is one thing, while a
- > local bus video card is another. I can't say that having an ISA bus
- > video card with VESA has been any great thing, especially with a standard
- > ET4000 chipset. But maybe VESA becomes more important with the more
- > "exotic" co-processed chipsets.
-
- VESA, like ANSI and the CCITT, is a standards association. If memory serves,
- they developed the VGA standard - I think this is what is being refered to in
- your manual. VESA also declared the standard that seems to be being accepted
- for local bus cards now.
-
- Ian.
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